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Are You Politically Correct? I was driving in my car today thinking about how smart and handsome I am, when I heard on the radio that Paramount had ended it’s long time relationship with Tom Cruise due to his “unapproved” of off screen behavior. Not that I give two shits about Tom Cruise or Paramount, but it did get me thinking about how ridiculous this whole politically correct movement has gotten in this country. It seems like a celebrity can’t join a cult, murder his wife, or have sex with an underage prostitute without everyone getting all up in his bizz-ness. The fact that we put so much emphasis on saying the right thing and acting the right way is enough to make Jesus want to punch some one in the face. Submitted for your review is my politically incorrect view of political correctness. Dictionary.com defines politically correct as “Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.” Am I the only one that sees the humor in this? Hmmm….well we enslaved the blacks, beat them, raped them, and sold their children, so now we’ll “redress” that whole tawdry affair by referring to them as “African Americans” instead of the usual derogatory terms. At the same time we’ll include them in commercials with the white folk to make it appear as though they are equal, and we will give them the right to vote (except in Florida) and everything will be just fine. We’ll give woman the vote, make them our professional equals but pay them less than a man. We will tolerate the queers holding hands in public, making our neighborhoods “fabulous” (thereby sending the property values up) but I’ll be dammed if they will be allowed to marry. We haven’t corrected a god damn thing. The only thing we have done is create a system of phrases and images to convince ourselves that this bullshit isn’t going on any more. If you believe that then I have a bridge for sale. Just look right here up your ass, because that’s where your heads at. Below are a list of “Politically Correct” terms that I believe should never be used. Insert Country Here – American. This one really pisses me off. I hear people saying “African American”, “Chinese American” or “Mexican American”. To me this is extremely offensive. It is implying that just because a person might be of a different ethnic or cultural background they deserve to be placed in a sub category thereby separating them from the mainstream population. In my opinion you are either African or you are American, not both. 99.9% of the people that are called African American have never and will never see or set foot on African soil. THEY ARE FUCKING AMERICANS just like everyone else. The same goes with the Chinese, Mexicans, or who ever the fuck they are. If you are a citizen of this country then in my book you are an American, whether or not you were born here. If I am forced to refer to black people as African Americans then I want to be called a “Light Skinned American”. Or to get really technical you must refer to me as a “Russian, Polish, German, Jewish, Native American American”. The fact is that we all have roots in other countries, get over it. You’re either an American or your not. Decide already. Insert Title Here – Person. We’ve all heard this one. They are no longer congressman but congress persons. A layman is now a layperson. We can’t even say mailman anymore for Christ’s sake, they are now called letter carriers. So why don’t we call women wopersons. Let’s go one step farther and start saying hupersonity or person kind. If we want to get down right anal lets require everyone whose name ends with “man” to change it to person. We would then get movies like “Rain Person” starring Dustin Hoffperson. Give me a fucking break. Insert Disadvantage Here – Challenged. The blind are visually challenged. The retarded are mentally challenged. The poor are economically challenged. Oh that sounds so much prettier. We can make just about anything sound pretty with that word. We can call the short vertically challenged. The ugly people attractively challenged. Assholes are personality challenged. The lazy are physical exertion challenged. Politicians are morally challenged. Whatever. To me this is a waste of damn time. If you’re stupid, you’re an idiot. If you’re ugly you’re ugly. Just except it. When I hear the word “challenged” it implies that there is something to over come. I got news for you people. There is no overcoming most of the “disorders” that are tagged “challenges”. Quit filling people with false hope and call a spade a spade, oh wait we can’t even do that any more either. We could go on all day with this shit but it's late and I'm tired. The fact is that all these little expressions do nothing to deal with the real issues. The fact that most blacks still live in urban ghettos, most woman are still considered second class citizens and the queers cannot do anything without being mocked, is proof that we have a long way to go as a society. Go ahead and use these terms if it makes you feel better. But take a hard look at the words you use when these people are not around. I will bet that you will find you are not so kind. So it would stand to reason that political correctness is nothing more than a self serving method of avoiding the truth. I have no respect for anyone I hear using this language. I respect the people that speak the truth. If a person that is 400 pounds takes offense to being called fat then tough shit. They have the power to do something about it. It’s not up to me to spare anyone's precious feelings by concealing the realities of the situation. I will not do that. If we spent half the time it takes navigating through life without pissing any one off to do some good, then maybe we might make a real difference. But no that's too hard. It's easier to socially neuter each other and pretend we are equal. As for Tom Cruise, I could give a shit what he does or says. If he makes a movie that looks interesting I will see it. The same goes for Mel Gibson. I will not sit there and say "Well the movie looks good but that Mel Gibson drinks too much and hates Jews". It's time people got off their high horse and shut the fuck up. But that's another subject. -= Bagoda =- |